About Sheldon Person

Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, violist Sheldon Person has been a
member of the Houston Symphony since 2011. He was previously a member of the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the London Symphony
Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra,
and as a soloist with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Civic
Symphony. Sheldon also serves as a faculty artist at the Sewanee Summer Music
Festival and an artist at the Zenith Chamber Music Festival.

As first prize winner of the 2005 Royal Overseas League’s Bernard Shore
Viola Competition in London, Sheldon performed recitals in London, including an
appearance at St. Martin-in- the-Fields. While a member of the Artea String Quartet,
Sheldon performed chamber music throughout the U.K., including appearances at
Wigmore Hall, the South Bank Centre, the Brighton Festival, Buckingham Palace, and
live on BBC Radio 3. Since moving to Houston, Sheldon has performed chamber
music for KUHA Houston Public Radio, the Texas Music Festival, Musiqa, and
Interplay: Musicians of the Houston Symphony. He has appeared as a guest artist at
Rice University, University of Houston, Indiana State University, and Michigan State
University, and performs regularly with Musica Tra Amici.

Sheldon has served as an instructor for the Texas Music Festival, Indiana All-
State Orchestra, and Filarmónica Joven de Colombia. As a fellow of the Aspen Music
Festival and School, Sheldon has served as the Assistant Principal Viola of the Aspen
Festival and Chamber Orchestras.

Sheldon holds degrees and certificates from The Guildhall School of Music
and Drama (London), Indiana University, Rice University, and the University of
Alberta. His principal teachers have included Atar Arad, David Takeno and Karen
Ritscher.

Sheldon performs on a modern viola by Theodore Skreko that was
recognized with a medal for tone at the 2010 Violin Society of America Competition.